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1 J. RUTKUS. TRACTION ATTACHMENT FOR AUTOMOBILES.

APPLICATION FILED M R. 21, 919. 1,31 6,063. Patented Sept. 16, 1919. 2SHEETSSHEET 1.

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which, when not in use, will be entirely JOSEPH nor-Kris, or MILWAUKEE,Wisconsin;

TRACTION ATTACHMENT FOR AUTOMOBILES.

Specification of Letters Patent. Pat t t. 16, 1919 Application filedApril 21, 1919. Serial No. 291,774..

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, J osnrrr RUTKUS, a citizen of the United States, andresident of Milwaukee, in the county of Milwaukee and State ofWisconsin, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in TractionAttachments for Automobiles; and I do hereby declare that the followingis a full, clear, and exact description thereof.

My invention relates tonew and useful improvements in pullingattachments for vehicles in which a Windlass or winch is mounted inoperative relation to thevehicle motor and arranged to be driven by theflywheel thereof to wind up a cable attached to a fixed object formoving the vehicle out of a mud hole or the like, up a steep incline, orover a slippery surface affording practically no traction. a It is theprimary object of this invention to provide a simply constructedattachment disconnected from the vehicle motor, but

which can be quickly thrown into operation by the engagementof a certainthe motor fly-wheel.

Another object is to provide an attachment of this character which willbe simple and inexpensive in construction and efficient and reliable inoperation.

With these and other objects and advantages in View, the inventionresides in the novel details of construction and combina tion of partsmore fully hereinafter disclosed and particularly pointed out in theclaims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 represents a semi-diagrammaticview of a portion of a motor vehicle havlng my attachment associatedtherewith, parts of the latter being in vertical section, as indicatedby the line 1-1 of Fig. 2.

Fig. 2 is a plan view, partly in section, of the structure shown in Fig.1, and

Fig. 3 is a detail transverse sectional view part with taken on theplane of the line 3-3 of Fig. 2. a

By reference to the accompanying drawings, it will be seen that theinventlon 1s located directly in the rear of the veh cle motor M whenthe fiy-wheel F thereof is at the rear, the structure comprising theinventlon being hung from suitable brackets carried by the side bars 13of the chassis frame. Since the invention is adapted tobe actuated bythe motor fly-wheel, its location will be de pendent upon the positionof the latter, and consequently various minor changes which may be madeinthe form and proportion of the various parts of the device are alsomore or less dependent thereon. a i

In the embodiment illustrated, the inventionincludes a transverse shaft1 journaled in bearings 2 carried by brackets 3 which depend below thesidebars B and are secured thereto as at 4:- Loosely disposed on theshaft. 1 is a sleeve 5 in the intermediate portion of which is formed awinding drum 6, a pulling cable 7 being adapted to be wound thereon. Oneend of the sleeve 5. is provided with clutch elements 8 for cooperativeengagement with the elements of a slidable clutch member 9 splined onsaid shaftl. A shifting lever 10 provides means for moving the clutchmember 9 into and out of engagement with the end. ofthe sleeve 5.

The shaft 1 isoperated directly by a worm gear 11 fixed thereto, whichin turn is driven by a worm 12 on the lower end of a vertical shaft 13.This shaft 13 is journaled in the vertically spaced bearings 14 and 1.41of a bracket 15, which, like the brackets 3 is secured to one of theframe bars B. A second worm gear 16 is fixed to the shaft 13intermediate its ends and is positioned between the spaced bearings 1 1and 1 1 as indicated in Fig. 1.

The bracket 15 also includes a pair of spaced pintle bearings 17 inwhich the pintles 18 that project from opposite sides of a bearingsleeve 19 are j ournaled. It will be noticed that the pintles 18 arepositioned vertically so that the sleeve 19 may be swung in a horizontalplane.

A drive shaft 20 is journaled in the bearing sleeve 19 and is heldagainst longitudinal movement therein by a worm 21 engaged with one endof the latter and a stop collar 22 in contact with the other end. Theworm 21 is fixed at one end of the shaft 20 and the opposite end carriesa friction pulley 23 which is designed to be intermittently engaged withthe periphery of the fly-wheel F. During the engagement of the pulley 23and the fly-wheel, the worm 21 is meshed with the teeth of the worm gear16 so that rotation of said fly-wheel will be transmitted to theshaft 1. p, I t

The structure illustrated in Fig. 3, clearly depicts the preferred meansfor moving the shaft 20 anditsbearingsleeve 19 to engage" or disengagethe fly-wheel F and'friction pulley 23. A bracket24 secured to one ofthe frame bars B supports the shaft shifting mechanism whichineludesacollar 25 hav-' ing oppositely eXtending-= pins; 26--slidable in:

ears 27 on the bracket, and a shifting lever 28 'whiclr islooselyengaged with" the operating 'finger29on the'collar;

Normally b'othof the levers=10and-28 are retained in position'todisengage the clutch member 10 from the'sleeve- 8" and the frictionpulley -23 from the fly-wheell When, however, the automobile "or 'othermotor ve' hicle equipped witlrmy inventien becomes unable to proceed byitsj' own tractive means, the hook-30 on the-free 'en'd of the cable/*7is attached to a stationary obj ect' at a-point distant from the vehicleso -that uponmota tion of the winding drum 6 the c'a'blewill beshortened and the vehicle'moved-forwardly; or 'b aekwardly as in someinstances; Rotation of the drum is p'rocure'd in the manner as hereinset forth by shifting the collar' 25 to rock-the drive shaft 20 andengage "the worm 21 and the friction pulley 23 with the worm gear: 16'and fly-wheel F respectively; 1 and {thereafter "clutching the sleeveStd-the 'shaft lh The vehicle h'av ing been'moved'to firm'=ground, orinto such position that its drive 'wheels will function,

the levers 10 and 28 are shifted to inoperative position, and the cable7 is arranged so as not to interfere with the running of the machine.

I claim: v

1. In a machineof the class described, the combination with an engineincluding a fly Wheel, of a winding drum, a driving gear connected withthe drum, a bracket, a sleeve pivoted in said bracket, a shaftjournaled-in said sleeve, means on one end of said shaft for engagementwith said drivinggear, means on the opposite end of the shaft" on theopposite side of said sleeve from the last mentioned means forengagement with said fly wheel, and means for rocking the sleeve tosimultaneously engage or disengage the first mentioned means with orfrom the driving gear and the last mentioned means with or from said flywheel.

2. In a combination of the class described, the combination with anengine including a fly-wheel, of a winding drum, a worm gear connectedwith said drum, a bracket having a bearing, a sleeve pivoted in saidbearing of the bracket, a shaft journaled in said sleeve, a worm on oneend of said shaft for engagement with the worm gear, a'friction pulleyon the opposite cndofthe shaft for engagement with the fly-wheel, andmeans for rocking the sleeve. In testimony that I claim the foregoing Ihave hereunto set my hand at Milwaukee, in the county of Milwaukee andState of Wisconsin.

JOSEPH RUTKUS.

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